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<blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 6495461" data-attributes="member: 20187">That's all true. But let me suggest that part of the reason players want to play in the Realms is that they want to interact with all these larger-than-life personalities that they've read about. Maybe that's the attraction for those players.It's like if I want to play Planescape, and there is no philosophy, factions, and/or planar politics, I'm going to be unhappy. Or Al-Qadim without the Arabian Nights and djinn. Or Dragonlance without dragons, dragonarmies or the Towers of High Sorcery.Or if you're playing a game set in historical times, you need certain famous people to show up at appropriate points. If it's the American Revolution, it's Washington, Franklin, Lafayette, etc. If it's Regency England, then Prince George, Beau Brummell, the Duke of Wellington, Lady Sally Jersey, etc.Perhaps one important lesson a would-be FR DM needs to learn is &quot;the Art of the Cameo&quot;. Or how to have these Realmsian personalities play a part in the campaign. These cameos need to be enough to satisfy the players, but need to keep from overpowering the campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GSHamster, post: 6495461, member: 20187"] That's all true. But let me suggest that part of the reason players want to play in the Realms is that they [i]want[/i] to interact with all these larger-than-life personalities that they've read about. Maybe that's the attraction for those players. It's like if I want to play Planescape, and there is no philosophy, factions, and/or planar politics, I'm going to be unhappy. Or Al-Qadim without the Arabian Nights and djinn. Or Dragonlance without dragons, dragonarmies or the Towers of High Sorcery. Or if you're playing a game set in historical times, you need certain famous people to show up at appropriate points. If it's the American Revolution, it's Washington, Franklin, Lafayette, etc. If it's Regency England, then Prince George, Beau Brummell, the Duke of Wellington, Lady Sally Jersey, etc. Perhaps one important lesson a would-be FR DM needs to learn is "the Art of the Cameo". Or how to have these Realmsian personalities play a part in the campaign. These cameos need to be enough to satisfy the players, but need to keep from overpowering the campaign. [/QUOTE]

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